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Kendrick Lamar “6:16 In LA”: Breaking Down His Lyrical Slaughter Of Drake’s Character

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Kendrick Lamar became one of the few rappers in history whose diss track’s title and production credits are just as integral to his message as the lyrics themselves. Moreover, you’ve likely seen dozens of interpretations of what “6:16 In LA” means and what Jack Antonoff’s (Taylor Swift’s producer’s) inclusion behind the board signifies regarding Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle.” But at the end of the day, what matters most is what K.Dot had to say about the 6ix God in this surprise verse, dropped just days after he unleashed his response track “euphoria.” Whereas that song covered multiple angles and talking points, this effort is a much more specific, strategic, and surgical attempt at a takedown.

Furthermore, Kendrick Lamar hones in on Drake’s character: the futile nature of his tactics, the disloyal evolution of his OVO camp, and the crucial difference that sets them apart as titanic artists championing the Black culture and community of hip-hop. Fully embracing the tactics behind “Taylor Made Freestyle” has allowed the former TDE MC to place his rival in a unique position where he must push the nuclear button, sharpen his pen to its highest proven level… or lose. No one doubts that the Toronto superstar is capable of this. But with “6:16 In LA,” Mr. Morale suggests that even if he secures a victory, it will not help him sleep better at night between so many vultures.

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Kendrick Lamar Sets Himself Apart

 
 
 
 
 
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Before “picking the carcass apart,” Kendrick Lamar first argues what makes him a more compelling artist. References to yachts and Phantoms not only indicate similar economic levels despite Drake’s flaunting, but also paint his lifestyle as unperturbed, more pure, and more important to him than acclaim. This first part’s narrative is a double-down on the “I got a son to raise” bar on “euphoria,” prioritizing personal peace and privacy over the grandeur of public lauding. The Compton lyricist’s art is merely the expression of his self that he lets loose when necessary. “Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust / Timid soul, stare in the mirror, asking where I was from / Often, I know this type of power is gon’ cost / But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star.”

With that last line, Kendrick Lamar references the rhythm of a human body, determining when it’s awake or dormant. As a notorious absentee in recent years, he could be proposing that, whenever he is awake, he is as special as a shooting star. Also, it calls to the moral “love and hate” conflict that this Drake beef creates within Kung Fu Kenny. “God, my confession is yours / But who am I if I don’t go to war? / There’s opportunity when living with loss / I discover myself when I fall short,” he raps, slyly dismissing “size 7” disses that Drizzy had for him. It’s all meant to represent a win that rap beef can’t fill the void of, tying in later to the exploration of this alleged void in Aubrey Graham’s circle.

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The “Wires” In OVO

Through specific name-drops, Kendrick Lamar scrutinizes Drake’s relationships and their seemingly at-risk loyalties. DJ Akademiks is “compromised” with his fav’s lies, Kendrick defends his manager Ant, he says Cash XO isn’t the real rat, Kash Doll’s jewelry burglary reference calls back to her ex breaking up with her due to being too friendly with Drizzy, and even L.A. nightlife staple Zack Bia catches a stray as someone that Drake allegedly tries to use to get information on Kendrick. The “N95” creative sums it all up with this line: “Have you ever thought that OVO is workin’ for me?” Whereas The Boy has plenty of dirt out and is trying to find some on K.Dot, Kendrick thinks he’s bluffing. Let the records show that Pusha T claims he got the info on Adonis from OVO, and that Drake tried to pay for dirt on him, so this isn’t a new take.

Regardless of whether there’s something out there that could hurt Kendrick Lamar, he’s confidently in his tight circle and his movement. But he thinks that Drake’s in dangerous waters. In fact, Kendrick claims that the core parts of his opponent’s inner circle are questionable, not just his peripherals. “A hundred n***as that you got on salary / And twenty of them want you as a casualty / And one of them is actually next to you,” Mr. Morale spits, which could link back to Aubrey’s bodyguard Chubbs, who also caught mention on “euphoria.” However, he frames none of this as unfortunate backstabbing to merely get a slice of Drizzy’s magnanimous pie, but rather as the idea that he’s a “terrible person” who brought this on himself.

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Drake’s Methods

Specifically, Kendrick Lamar alleges that Drake contributed to this lack of loyalty by pursuing money, power, and respect the wrong way, for the wrong reasons, and with the wrong people. Many on social media have probably seen the “Twitter bots” that Kendrick is referring to, although the discourse has become so deafening that neither fanbase will ever beat the meat-riding allegations. Nevertheless, this is a game that K.Dot thinks the 6ix God is an active participant in, playing the “propaganda” game until it “blows up on him.” By referencing Drake’s recent social media obsessions in order to further the beef, plus his use of antics like the Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur A.I. voices, Kendrick thinks that he’s exposing his own misguided ways on repeat without actually addressing any issues significantly.

“Your lil’ memes is losing steam, they figured you out / The forced opinions is not convincing, y’all need a new route,” Kendrick Lamar spits on “6:16 In LA.” In addition, there are a few moments of pulled punches here, just like on “euphoria,” that keep the focus on hip-hop and call Drake out for trying too hard to move the goalpost. “It was fun until you started to put money in the streets / Then lost money ’cause they came back with no receipts / I’m sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace.” Perhaps most importantly, Kendrick suggests that Drizzy is still an actor in the rap game, continuing this narrative that all of Drake’s shots are just obfuscating the lack of actual ammunition he has in store. To put it simply: Kendrick thinks Drake needs to self-reflect, think about his priorities, and reevaluate his behavior.

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What Will Drizzy Do Next?

So after that recollection, Drake has a few different avenues to play this through. The first is to call Kendrick Lamar’s nuclear bluff with a bomb of his own. Telling your opponent to grow up is a pretty boring diss at face value; surely a takedown of K.Dot’s character and his own mistakes will excite the hip-hop community more, right? At the moment, Kendrick wants everyone to think that The Boy has nothing to offer, but a whole lot could change overnight. But that also carries a risk. The pgLang artist’s moral vulnerability is far more of a shield against missteps than his mysterious movement, something we saw in action when OVO fans tried to call him out for self-admitted cheating years before his child was born. If there’s a bomb, it has to be a big one, because Drake has much to explain.

Conversely, Drake could show his pen’s prowess, challenging the multi-layered song titles, endlessly interpretable lines, and impeccable flow switches Kendrick Lamar has prioritized so far. That would be the best outcome here: let a winner take the crown for their skills (assuming there are no ghostwriters) and for their ability to engage, energize, and electrify. Alas, the OVO fanbase wants blood, not bars, and K.Dot has much more to lose from public embarrassment than the man who was “Ethered” on a diss track with him in blackface as the cover art. But “6:16 In LA” makes this much more than just rap beef. It’s about how artists carry themselves in the public eye, their industry relationships, and their personal allegiances. For that, we fear, Drake has no answer, regardless of whether he lifts a trophy by the end of this.

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Kendrick Lamar’s “6:16 In LA”: Fans Theorize OJ Simpson & Father’s Day Ties In Drake Diss’ Title

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Break out your tinfoil hats: we have another set of Kendrick Lamar bars to unpack, and the most layered bits of this new Drake diss, “6:16 In LA,” might not even be in the verse. Moreover, a lot of fans are theorizing on the meaning -– or rather, multiple fan-theorized meanings -– behind this song’s title and cover art, which is of a single black glove with the Maybach logo on it. So let’s see what folks are saying and start with an obvious observation: the diss’ title is meant to evoke The Boy’s timestamp series. The most recent of these was “8AM In Charlotte” off 2023’s For All The Dogs.

Furthermore, fans have pointed out that “6:16” (June 16) is Tupac’s birthday (and we all know how Drake feels about him), the date on which the OJ Simpson charges were presented decades ago, and Father’s Day this year. Kendrick Lamar dropped the song at 6:16AM Pacific Standard Time, and some have also pointed to not a timestamp reference, but a biblical one. There are actually multiple Bible verses that folks are bringing up in this discussion, including from Corinthians, Jeremiah, and Revelation. We won’t detail them here for the sake of not spoiling the fun of your interpretation.

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Kendrick Lamar Fans Connect The Dots

Elsewhere, fans are also pointing to Kendrick Lamar’s cover art for “6:16 In LA.” First, there’s the Maybach connection, which could be notable because of Maybach Music Group boss Rick Ross’ current beef with Drake. Also, the sole glove ties back into the OJ trial (as as authorities reportedly officially declared Nicole Brown Simpson dead at 6:16AM in Los Angeles), and could also highlight Drake’s love for Michael Jackson, who wore one white sequined glove. A farther reach is that this glove actually belongs to Drizzy, and that he’s the only person who’s meant to know what this really means, as it might be someone who took a picture of it and sent it to K.Dot.

Another Theory

Of course, this is all purely speculative and goes to show that Kendrick Lamar’s fans look pretty unhinged with the conspiracies. But when there are so many layers to peel back and so many connections to make, it’s hard to resist the fun. Perhaps Drake comes through with that same energy, as he surely doesn’t appreciate comparisons to a deceased white woman. But such is the art of love and war… or love and hate, in Kendrick’s case.

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Kendrick Lamar Claims Drake Is Being Backstabbed By OVO On “6:16 In LA”

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Kendrick Lamar did, in fact, go “Back To Back” as promised and dropped another Drake diss, “6:16 In LA,” on Friday morning (May 3) three days after dropping “euphoria.” Moreover, this diss is a much more focused and specific takedown of the 6ix God rather than the multi-faceted and expansive set of points made on the first diss track. This time around, K.Dot is focusing on how much of his opponent’s OVO camp is supposedly against him, willing to give up info and only staying loyal because of money. Furthermore, he achieves this through lines like, “Have you ever thought that OVO was working for me?,” “Know the wires in your circle should puzzle you,” “If you were street smart, then you would’ve caught that your entourage is only to hustle you.”

Of course, as Kendrick Lamar fans tend to do, they will probably peel back a lot of other possible meanings and references in many of these bars in the next few days, so expect even more stuff to come out from both “6:16 In LA” and “euphoria.” But the points made here are very clear. On the other hand, Drake fans are already calling into question the Compton MC’s lyricism, specifically pointing to battle rap lines that he allegedly stole. But commonly repeated lines and metaphor openings that are peppered across The Boy’s catalog as well won’t be enough to change the narrative, or at least, that’s what Kendrick argues on this new song.

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Kendrick Lamar’s “6:16 In LA”: Listen

Elsewhere, people are already going wild with their reactions to “6:16 In LA.” Many of the bars here could relate to many references on previous disses, such as the Gunna bar on “euphoria” and Kendrick Lamar’s allusions to Drake’s bodyguard Chubbs. Still, it’s clear to see that people are really running with the idea that the Toronto collective is not as tight-knit as they would have you believe, which is probably exactly what Kendrick wanted to paint with his bars. Whether it’s true or not, they are some heavy claims to tackle.

Meanwhile, everyone’s now patiently waiting to see what Drake could offer in response to Kendrick Lamar. They’ve teased some really damaging ammunition for another round, and it seems like the former TDE lyricist is calling Aubrey’s bluff here. It’s not impossible for him to bounce back with a strong retort, and that might just lock them in a war for life. Regardless, it’s all been a pretty interesting spat to witness, and one that will go down in the history books no matter what.

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Kendrick Lamar Continues To Whale On Drake With Stunning Diss “6:16 In LA”

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Kendrick Lamar lived up to a “promise” he made to himself on “euphoria” just a couple of days ago. “Back To Back,” I like that record / I’ma get back to that, for the record.” It turns out he really did have something else cooking, as Kendrick Lamar has just dropped “6:16 in LA.” The song was released on his Instagram just about an hour ago, and like “euphoria,” it is sending the internet into a frenzy.

“6:16 in LA” sees K-Dot ride a more laid-back instrumental with some pretty synths, minimal drums and guitar, as well as a soulful vocal loop. As for the disses, Lamar takes aim at the Drake stans like DJ Akademiks, “Yeah, somebody’s lyin’, I could see the vibes on Ak’ / Even he lookin’ compromised, let’s peel the layers back.” He also suggests that people over at OVO are working for him and praying on Drake’s downfall in this beef. “Have you ever thought that OVO was workin’ for me?… Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it / Can’t “Toosie Slide” up out of this one, it’s just gon’ resurface.”

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Kendrick also calls out how The Boy has been using memes to poke and prod him to respond. “You’re playin’ dirty with Zack Bia and Twitter bots / But your reality can’t hide behind Wi-Fi / Your lil’ memes is losing steam, they figured you out.” As for the title of the track, Genius feels this is another reference to something that Drake is known for. What we mean is “euphoria” was calling back to the Netflix show Euphoria, something that he had a hand in. “6:16 in LA” plays on the timestamp series that Drake has. There is a lot more to breakdown with this surprise release, so be sure to stick around.

What are your thoughts on this brand-new single “6:16 in LA” by Kendrick Lamar? Are you surprised that he dissed Drake again so quickly, why or why not? Does this stand up to “euphoria,” or is this just something to tide fans over? What bars stood out to you the most? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and “6:16 in LA.” Finally, stay with us for everything else going on in the music world.

Quotable Lyrics:

Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin’ where I was from
Austin, I know this type of power is gon’ cost, but I live in cicadian rhythms of a shooting star
The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art
But I pick the carcass apart
Yeah, somebody’s lyin’, I could see the vibes on Ak’
Even he lookin’ compromised, let’s peel the layers back

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Drake Fans Accuse Kendrick Lamar Of Stealing Battle Rappers’ Lines

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Debate is raging heavily online over the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, especially now that the latter went back to back and dropped another diss on Friday morning (May 3). Both fanbases are going wild for their fav, with some going on a slippery slope by trying to discredit some of the bars on the first K.Dot diss, “euphoria.” For example, folks pulled up some videos of various rap battles in which competitors use the “I hate” repetition from the song’s refrain, the “park your son” bar, and the YNW Melly bar. While this is not necessarily an invalid critique, someone should make a compilation of all the “Interscope (in the scope) Aftermath” MJ, and Whitney Houston Bodyguard bars that rappers have spit over the years, all of which land on “Push Ups.”

Furthermore, we don’t say that to hate on Drake, but to point out that this is a flawed argument no matter which way you frame it. His previous ghostwriting claims don’t matter either, as Kendrick Lamar also faced some since-debunked ghostwriting rumors amid this beef. If you hold hip-hop up to unrealistic originality standards in the art of wordplay, you would deprive many listeners of their first time hearing classic bars on more popular records. The ghostwriting issue occurs most frequently when you’re not backing up your homages with striking idiosyncrasy on your other bars, or when you pay them too often in succession.

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Of course, we’re sure that Drake will probably have at least one or two bars on whatever he cooks up next that are tributes or references to other bars, or are just more common metaphors or similes than one would think. None of them will discredit him from the beef, and Kendrick Lamar jabbing him for the same reason would fall equally as flat. All that being said, there is still valid critique to be made about “euphoria” and its lyrical content. So if you’re an OVO soldier, don’t give up: you might still get naysayers on your side.

Meanwhile, as the rest of the hip-hop world continues to debate “euphoria,” the brand new diss, and how this beef has progressed so far, we can only guess as to whether there’s another round. Will there be a big revelation like both MCs have teased and warned the other about? Or is this purely a lyrical battle? We’ll see what we see when the smoke clears.

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Drake Might’ve Referenced Kendrick Lamar’s Wife Cheating On Him Years Ago, Fans Think

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The war between Drake and Kendrick Lamar is formally entering its second round following the release of the latter’s response track, “euphoria.” After the kick-off “Like That” and Drizzy’s responses, “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” we already have a good idea of the main angles that each MC is taking against their opponent. As for the OVO camp, one of the most notable, new, and incendiary moments was when he claimed that K.Dot’s wife, Whitney Alford, cheated on him with his bodyguard, or multiple. While Kendrick claimed this was a fake attempt to stir up controversy on “euphoria,” fans went back into the Toronto rapper’s catalog and discovered another set of bars that could suggest this.

“Bodyguards don’t look like Kevin Costner, you tweaking / Just pulled up to Whitney Houston, Texas for the evening,” Drake raps on the 2020 DJ Khaled collab, “POPSTAR.” Given that it’s set up in a similar way to his mention of Whitney on “Push Ups” (“I be with some bodyguards like Whitney“), fans wonder whether this also alluded to that fact. However, considering the “POPSTAR” line previous to this, it’s also possible that the real depth behind this bar is just how much Aubrey decided to do his due research on The Bodyguard. It’s the 1992 film with Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston, for which her hit Dolly Parton cover “I Will Always Love You” was released, partly produced by someone who The Boy mentions on the previous line on “POPSTAR”: “If we talking joints, it’s just me and David Foster.”

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Did This Drake Bar On “POPSTAR” Already Allude To Kendrick Lamar’s Wife Cheating On Him?

As such, there’s not a whole lot here to connect this to Drake’s taunting of Kendrick Lamar on “Push Ups,” and for the record, it’s something that he’ll likely double down on with whatever he’s cooking up next. But let’s wear the tinfoil hats for a second: maybe he’s insinuating that the real dangers as to Kendrick and Whitney’s relationship aren’t “Kevin Costners” (or the white women that the Compton lyricist admitted to cheating on his partner with years before this beef), but rather the bodyguards in their own circle. The 6ix God could even have insinuated that he himself was with Whitney on “POPSTAR,” à la the “Hit ‘Em Up” intro. If you thought that was a reach, just wait until you hear this next conspiracy theory.

Here are the next bars on “POPSTAR” after this “Whitney Houston, Texas” mention: “They tell the same story so much, they start to believe it / The ones that start like, ‘Drizzy’s s**t was cool, but we even.’” Might Drake be referencing Kendrick Lamar’s refusal to believe the other alleged side of this cheating story? Is the last part of these bars alluding to the artistic competition between the two, with him calling it a lie for Mr. Morale to consider him an equal and not a superior? Maybe… maybe not… but isn’t that the fun part about breaking down bars, especially in a rap beef? If nothing else, let’s give the Canadian superstar some credit for the Bodyguard wordplay, and let’s see what else they’ve both got in store.

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Kendrick Lamar “Euphoria”: 6 Bars Drake Needs To Respond To

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Folks, welcome to Round Two of hip-hop’s coup d’état against Drake… or was it the true king asserting his dominance all along against the Toronto challenger? In this corner, we have Drizzy, who launched two diss tracks, took down one of them, is still on top of the game commercially, and has been eagerly waiting for Kendrick Lamar to clap back with a “quintuple entendre or something.” And in this corner, we have K. Dot, who kicked this current fight off in the first place and reaped what he sowed today with his “Euphoria” response.

As expected, Kendrick Lamar’s song was explosive on impact, leading to many wild reactions, interpretations, theories, and predictions. Not everyone’s a fan, of course, but one thing is definitely clear: Drake got the smoke he wanted, and the ball is back in his court. Across this new diss track’s six-and-a-half-minute runtime, we believe there are six specific sets of bars that the 6ix God must address.

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I Pray They My Real Friends, If Not, I’m YNW Melly

First, let’s start off with Kendrick Lamar addressing “First Person Shooter,” the Drake and J. Cole collab that seems to have provoked the “Like That” diss. There’s a “feature request” line that suggests that K.Dot actually turned down a guest spot with Drake. Kendrick then insinuates that Drizzy didn’t want to work with him after his “Control” verse because his feelings were hurt, and he clarifies that he doesn’t have a problem with Drake and Cole working together… in theory. While he “loves them to death,” the former TDE lyricist suggests that if Aubrey, Cole, or both aimed to belittle Kendrick or take him down with their collab, this changes the dynamic.

This culminates with the line: “There’s no accent you can sell me / Yeah, Cole and Aubrey know I’m a selfish n***a / The crown is heavy, huh / I pray they my real friends, if not, I’m YNW Melly.” Not only does he question Drake trying to make music representing a lot of different cultures and communities, which many have called appropriation, but Kendrick Lamar also compares himself to Melly, who will eventually face a retrial for accusations of murdering his two friends. So “First Person Shooter” requires an explanation, because even though J. Cole’s made his stance clear, it’s still up in the air whether The Boy intended to legitimately pay tribute or disrespect him instead.

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Let Your Core Audience Stomach That / Then Tell Them Where You Get Your Abs From

 
 
 
 
 
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Another set of bars goes over a few different topics, starting with a reference to the alleged 2014 incident at DJ Khaled’s birthday party at the LIV Miami club in which Diddy reportedly struck Drake in the face. This line also ropes in the “Evil Ways” rapper’s longtime personal bodyguard Chubbs: “You gon’ make a n***a bring back Puff, let me see if Chubbs really crash something.” This continues Kendrick Lamar and Drizzy’s references to security guards and physical confrontation, such as Kendrick’s security guard 2TEEZ and Drake making fun of Kendrick trying to get physical “with a size 7 men’s on.”

However, right after this bar, we get another instance of Kendrick Lamar questioning whether the rap game at large really accepts Drake, as well as a few jabs at his alleged liposuction. “Yeah, my first one like my last one, it’s a classic, you don’t have one / Let your core audience stomach that, then tell them where you get your abs from.” J. Cole’s “7 Minute Drill” diss proved that going at Mr. Morale’s catalog is a huge risk, so maybe Drake will instead offer up his acclaimed projects like Nothing Was The Same, Take Care, or If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. But the picture painted here presents the former Degrassi star as someone who, at many turns and via some non-commercial metrics, has found it difficult to find acceptance or respect, for right or wrong reasons.

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When I See You Stand Next To Sexyy Red, I Believe You See Two Bad B*tches

Drake definitely found his due flowers from the new generation, something that Kendrick Lamar also questioned in “Euphoria.” There’s a Lil Yachty mention here, but the bombshell relating to this is a commentary on his artistic friendship with Sexyy Red, and how K.Dot seemingly accuses Drizzy of faking this support while putting other women down because he sees them as competition. “When I see you stand by Sexyy Red, I believe you see two bad b***hes / I believe you don’t like women, that’s real competition, you might pop a** with them.” Not only does this continue the lipo allegations and poke at Drake’s femininity and strength (another controversial and frankly, tired move), but it insinuates that he needs the St. Louis MC more than she needs Drake.

Also, the specific line about not liking women is very relevant given Drake’s complicated relationship with women in his personal life, as explored through topics in his music, and with industry peers. On Her Loss‘ “Circo Loco” (2022), he seemed to take shots at Megan Thee Stallion, and on For All The Dogs‘ “Away From Home” (2023), he disses jazz musician Esperanza Spalding. Kendrick Lamar even shouted Megan out on “family ties” in 2021. With all this in mind, Drake will have to respond to folks questioning his authenticity, his ego, and his true intentions when it comes to his relationships with women… and the pgLang creative didn’t even have to “talk about [Drake] liking young girls” as Drizzy predicted on his “Taylor Made Freestyle” A.I. diss from Tupac Shakur’s “perspective” to do that. Yikes.

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I Got A Son To Raise But I Can See You Know Nothing ‘Bout That

One of the most incendiary moments on “Euphoria” relates to another scathing Drake diss: Pusha T’s “The Story Of Adidon.” Earlier in Kendrick Lamar’s three-part diss, he calls his rival out for never responding to Pusha T’s cut and for going at Pharrell, but the real call-back appears later on. First, K. Dot accuses the Canadian superstar of trying to look for dirt on him. Interestingly enough, Pusha made similar claims in 2018 when they were at the height of their beef. “Why would I call around tryna get dirt on n***as, y’all think all of my life is rap?” Kendrick raps, which also responds to people pressuring him to respond to Drake quickly, as this track took over two weeks to arrive.

But the plot thickens on the very next bar, which continues to call out Drake for being a troll, constantly goading Kendrick Lamar to respond, and posting and talking about this constantly on social media. “That’s h*e s**t, I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothing about that.” Kendrick calls back to “The Story Of Adidon” by mentioning that Drake never announced his son to the public until Pusha T exposed that he was a father.

Pusha T’s diss was eventually mulled over, and the Scorpion artist now has a public and very wholesome bond with his son. But the “Silent Hill” spitter flips this once more by making fun of Aubrey Graham’s social media obsession and concerning himself with pettiness rather than family. Once more, Drake will have to back up his online persona through bars, not just more IG stories, likes, comments, or DMs.

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Ain’t 20v1, It’s 1v20 If I Gotta Smack N***as That Write With You

One of the simplest but sharpest lines on “Euphoria” directly responds to this “Push Ups” line: “What the f**k is this, a 20v1?” On that line, Drake calls out many rap industry players (Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, etc.) for teaming up on him at the same time, something that Kendrick Lamar turns right back against him. “Ain’t 20v1, it’s 1v20 if I gotta smack n***as that write with you,” he spits, once again bringing up ghostwriting claims that Drizzy has been dogged by ever since 2015.

While Drake’s said a lot about it since his Meek Mill beef, it does carry a different context now. Alleged reference tracks recently leaked, in which he supposedly took them one-for-one from his peers. While these are just rumors (particularly Cash Cobain’s track), it truly questions whether Drake could confidently place himself as the GOAT. The 6ix God might have to respond to Kendrick Lamar’s accusations by claiming more artistic responsibility for his own work than what the credits (or a lack of credits, rather) would have you believe. More importantly, he needs to explain why he can still be the GOAT in hip-hop today, which isn’t an impossible task: just a difficult one.

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Toronto’s “Crodies” Can’t Touch K.Dot

Finally, Kendrick Lamar pettily and mercilessly clowns the 6ix’s accent, slang, and street ties. While closing “Euphoria,” he insinuates that Drake can’t fake the street funk, even if he found success in the U.S. rap scene. Kendrick uses the term “crodie” to taunt him, a Crip flip of “brodie” popularized by Toronto rapper Pressa. He’s allegedly affiliated with the Wass Gang, a Crip set in the city that Drake has rapped about often through direct reference and through using “crodie.” After this mocking use of the Toronto accent to warn Drake to refrain from mentioning family business, Kendrick Lamar says he’s never in trouble in Toronto when he goes, contrary to what his nemesis would have you believe.

“I be at New Ho King eating fried rice with a dip sauce and blamy, crodie / Tell me you’re cheesing, fam/ We can do this right now on the camera, crodie.” New Ho King is a popular late-night Chinese food spot in Toronto, and “cheesing” is Toronto and Jamaican patois slang for being angry. The last line proposes that these two hip-hop titans duke it out for real in the public eye, which was the challenge K.Dot offered on “Like That.”

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Kendrick Lamar Disses Drake’s Relationship With Sexyy Red On “Euphoria” Diss Track

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Kendrick Lamar just dropped “Euphoria,” his response track to Drake’s “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle” amid their beef. You’ve probably already heard the track, but if you haven’t, we’d recommend you check it out before getting into this angle, which a lot of people are already pointing to online. Moreover, K.Dot had some bars for Drizzy’s artistic relationship with Sexyy Red. “When I see you standing by Sexyy Red. I believe you see two bad b***hes,” he raps on the cut. “I believe you don’t like woman, that’s real competition, you might pop a** with them.” This also ties into another bar that the Compton lyricist has here, seemingly about the Toronto creative’s alleged plastic surgery.

Furthermore, this doesn’t really come off as much of a shot at Sexyy Red, but more so a comment on Drake’s complicated relationship with women in his music. After all, he’s thrown out shots against the likes of Megan Thee Stallion, someone that Kendrick Lamar has shouted out as a force before on 2021’s “family ties,” for example. Also, it could speak to wanting to associate with these femcees not due to actual admiration or genuine support, but because the OVO mogul knows that they are real competitors to him and doesn’t want to be on their bad side. Of course, this is all speculative, but it’s rap beef: the cookie’s crumbling as it should.

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Kendrick Lamar Addresses Sexyy Red & Drake On “Euphoria”

Elsewhere, folks are obviously going wild over this on social media, whether they’re a fan of “Euphoria” or they’re not impressed. What’s definitely true is that Kendrick Lamar included a lot of shots for Drake across six and a half minutes, and there are surely plenty of lines that people will continue to break down and discover new things about as time goes on. Turns out the wait was worth it. Would you agree?

Whatever your take is, let us know in the comments section down below. Given all of Drake’s trolling against Kendrick Lamar as of late, it will be interesting to see whether he stays in this mode or hits the booth right back. Both MCs have warned the other not to proceed, so maybe we’re in for a whole lot of alleged dirt. No matter what happens, Round 2 is here: sit back and enjoy the show.

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Kendrick Lamar Unloads A 6 Minute Clip Into Drake With “Euphoria” Diss Response

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Kendrick Lamar has just hurdled quite a large missile in Drake’s direction with a surprise diss response called “euphoria.” There was zero promotion or a heads up that something was coming from the Compton, California native. But this was the best way to go about it because now everyone is rushing to check it out and dissect the various shots. The multi-faceted Cardo-produced track sees Kendrick attack Drake from all sorts of angles. He calls him a fraud and a “bad b****,” as he addresses “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle.”

The six-minute song begins with a slower more chill vibe with a guitar looming in the mix. However, this is not your typical reflective K-Dot. He is looking for blood right from the start as he sings, “Them superpowers gettin’ neutralized… / The famous actor we once knew is lookin’ paranoid, now it’s spiralling / You movin’ just like a degenerate, heavy antic, it’s feelin’ distasteful.” Then, the aggressive trap beat kicks in at around the 55 second mark and all hell breaks loose.

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Listen To “Euphoria” By Kendrick Lamar

It is hard to jam pack all of the fighting words on “euphoria,” but here are a few to chew on. “Y’all think all of my life is rap? / That’s h*e s***, I got a son to raise, but I can see you know nothin’ ’bout that.” Or there’s these, “When I see you stand by Sexyy Red, I believe you see two bad b****es / I believe you don’t like women, that’s real competition, you might pop a** with ’em.” Or there’s, “How many fairytale stories ’bout your life ’til we had enough? / How many more black features ’til you finally feel that you black enough / I like Drake with the melodies, I don’t like Drake when he act tough.”

What are your thoughts on this brand-new single “euphoria” by Kendrick Lamar? Is this now the best diss track between him and Drake? Who do you have winning the beef now and why? What was the best set of bars on the track? Did he do a good job addressing all of Drizzy’s shots on “Push Ups” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” why or why not? We would like to hear what you have to say, so be sure to leave your takes in the comments section. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest news surrounding Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the music world.

Quotable Lyrics:

You movin’ just like a degenerate, heavy antic, it’s feelin’ distasteful
Why calculate you, not as calculated, I can even predict your angles
Fabricate stories on the family front, ’cause you heard Mr. Morale
A pathetic master manipulator, I can smell the tales on you now
You not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of being accepted
Tommy Hilfiger stood out, but nеver had been your collection

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Snoop Dogg Apparently Co-Signs Drake’s Kendrick Lamar Diss With His A.I. Voice

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When Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle” dissed Kendrick Lamar from the “perspectives” of Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg by replicating their voices with A.I. technology, the latter West Coast legend didn’t really seem to mind that much. He simply uploaded a video on Instagram of him laughing in disbelief, questioning what happened, pointing to his Death Row clothing, and saying that he’s going back to bed. However, Tha Doggfather’s recent Instagram Story repost has fans thinking that he actually picked a side here. Moreover, he reposted a clip of him, ‘Pac, and other Cali icons over the years with the audio of “Taylor Made Freestyle” in the background.

Furthermore, this is a very curious repost given that Drake himself took down “Taylor Made Freestyle” from his social media after a legal threat from Tupac’s estate. Some Kendrick Lamar die-hards are scrambling for answers right now, either criticizing Snoop Dogg for this repost or making excuses: he didn’t hear the audio, he doesn’t run his account, he got hacked… the whole shebang. But to be honest, this isn’t really a surprising co-sign if it is actually a co-sign. After all, he appeared on the Toronto rapper’s For All The Dogs album last year, and maybe he does want K.Dot to uphold unwritten rap beef law and come through with a response already.

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Snoop Dogg Reposts Drake’s Kendrick Lamar A.I. Diss, Leading To Speculation

Either way, it definitely wasn’t what Kendrick Lamar fans wanted to see, and it would be really curious to hear Snoop Dogg explicitly speak on this issue. Maybe that’s something that we’ll see once (or if) the Compton creative responds, but we know that Drake will likely keep basking in his current, still up-for-grabs victory and taunting him to clap back. His most recent social media troll was wearing chains that either are or at least resemble Tupac’s, plus a sweatshirt of Compton Community College. This is allegedly where Mr. Morale’s wife graduated from.

Meanwhile, the Long Beach MC is busy dealing with his current Death Row tenure. For example, he recently brought back Danny Boy as an artist for the label after years of separation. We’ll see what the future of the collective holds, especially as the West Coast is looking for a “savior” right now. For more news and the latest updates on Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Snoop Dogg, stay logged into HNHH.

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